<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> on Tuesday said courts should stay bail orders only in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih said so while setting aside an order of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</a>, which stayed bail to an accused in a money laundering case.</p><p>"Though court may have power to grant stay on bail, it must be done only in exceptional circumstances," the bench said.</p><p>The top court had earlier said courts should refrain from staying bail orders in a mechanical manner and without giving any reason.</p>.Delhi High Court staff injured after tile from court building falls on her.<p>The top court's judgement came on a plea filed by Parvinder Singh Khurana, an accused in a money laundering case, who challenged the Delhi High Court's order of temporarily staying a bail order passed by the trial court.</p><p>Khurana was granted bail by the trial court in a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/pmla">PMLA</a> case on June 17 last year, but the HC stayed the order.</p><p>The apex court on June 7 stayed the HC order and restored Khurana's bail.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> on Tuesday said courts should stay bail orders only in exceptional circumstances.</p><p>A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih said so while setting aside an order of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</a>, which stayed bail to an accused in a money laundering case.</p><p>"Though court may have power to grant stay on bail, it must be done only in exceptional circumstances," the bench said.</p><p>The top court had earlier said courts should refrain from staying bail orders in a mechanical manner and without giving any reason.</p>.Delhi High Court staff injured after tile from court building falls on her.<p>The top court's judgement came on a plea filed by Parvinder Singh Khurana, an accused in a money laundering case, who challenged the Delhi High Court's order of temporarily staying a bail order passed by the trial court.</p><p>Khurana was granted bail by the trial court in a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/pmla">PMLA</a> case on June 17 last year, but the HC stayed the order.</p><p>The apex court on June 7 stayed the HC order and restored Khurana's bail.</p>